Warm Up Your Kidneys with Hearty Winter Recipes 🍜🔥

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Coach Ginny Marksl RDN
January 21, 2025

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In the heart of winter, it's essential to keep warm and maintain your kidney health with nourishing meals. This edition features hearty recipes designed to comfort you while supporting kidney function. Dive into these delicious, warming dishes perfect for chilly days.

30min Easy Kidney Friendly Recipes

I made it a point to start with the most requested feature which is to serve you with quick, easy, and kidney-friendly recipes. Each recipe counts the SPPP: sodium, potassium, phosphorus and protein for easier review. Enjoy!

BREAKFAST

Pear and Walnut Porridge

1 Serving

Why It's Kidney Friendly

Pears are naturally low in potassium, and using water or almond milk makes this porridge an excellent kidney-friendly breakfast option.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of rolled oats

  • 1 cup of water or unsweetened almond milk

  • 1 ripe pear, diced

  • 1/4 cup of walnuts, chopped

  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, bring water or almond milk to a boil. Add oats and reduce heat to simmer.

  2. Cook until oats are soft, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  3. Stir in diced pear and cinnamon, cooking for another 2 minutes.

  4. Serve topped with chopped walnuts.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Sodium

Protein

Potassium

Phosphorus

30 mg

5 g

175 mg

95 mg

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